Aspirus leader leaves after 24 years to run Michigan hospital system

8:52 PM,
Oct. 12, 2012

Diane Postler-Slattery

Written by

Jeff Starck

Kathy Drengler was happy to be a career nurse at Aspirus Wausau Hospital - to do her job well, make her patients comfortable and work toward retirement. But a colleague with a nursing background didn't let Drengler settle for that.

Drengler, 60, of Rib Mountain was pushed, challenged and encouraged by Diane Postler-Slattery when the two were nursing directors 22 years ago.

Today, Drengler is vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer, a job that she never expected to reach in her 37 years at Aspirus. Drengler credits Postler-Slattery, the hospital's president and chief ...